Government Relations, Incentives & Innovation

Solving clients most valuable opportunities in Government Relations, Incentives and Innovation.

Kelly+Partners team of professionals is led by Dave Sharma.

We provide clients with solutions that open communication with government and other key stakeholders to deal effectively with government at the federal, state and territory policy and political level.

The team provides the following services:

Government Relations

Political and policy audit: information gathering and analysis to determine how a client, project or policy agenda is likely to be perceived in light of a range of political, policy and other relevant factors

Communication management: planning, developing and executing strategies to effectively communicate with a variety of audiences on critical and time-sensitive client issues

Major projects, procurement and bid advisory: specialist advice on government procurement processes, such as asset sales, PPPs, major projects and outsourcing opportunities

Merger and acquisition advice: working with proponents and their financial and legal advisers to understand key political and policy issues, and achieve foreign investment and other necessary regulatory approvals

Stakeholder mapping and engagement: identification of key government and other influencers, and assistance in liaising with stakeholders in pursuit of regulatory or business objectives

Incentives

Our team assist clients to understand and access the full range Government incentives across the lifecycle of their business. Governments at all levels in Australia and globally have incentives programs that business owners often are not aware of and do not know how to access. Our expertise is identifying and accessing those opportunities for our clients.

Innovation

Our understanding and proprietary digital innovation framework allows business owners and their teams to review their business, understand the trends that threaten the disruptive trades and technologies that their business makes, and adopt accordingly to remain competitive.

Together with plan an innovation action plan to take advantage of the opportunities in their sphere.

The team provides the following services:

Review and score business innovation status and existing capacity

Compile industry analysis SWOT for the digital age

Develop rapid implementation and change management plan

Provide connectivity to leading digital innovators global

Team

Dave Sharma

Sydney CBD

B.A, Cambridge (Law), M.A Cambridge M.A International Relations

Director and Principal, Government Relations, Incentives & Innovation

Dave Sharma served as Australia’s Ambassador to Israel from 2013 to 2017. This period coincided with some of the busiest and most productive years for the Australia-Israel relationship, with trade, investment and innovation ties strengthened significantly. Dave's leadership and diplomacy delivered a number of achievements for Australia, including securing privileged access for Australia into Israel's start-up economy, improved air linkages, better visa products, negotiations to eliminate double taxation, and the launch of the Tel Aviv Landing Pad - an entry point for Australian entrepreneurs into Israel's high-tech economy.

Dave's leadership kept the Embassy secure and operational during several periods of significant security unrest and tension, including the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict. He also implemented a staff and resourcing restructure to better align the Embassy to core objectives, and found significant budget savings.

In Canberra, Dave's roles included advising the Prime Minister on Australia's international relations, adviser to the Foreign Minister, managing Australia's diplomatic presence in Africa, and director of the Indonesia desk, looking after one of Australia's most important bilateral relationships.

Overseas, Dave served as political counsellor at the Australian Embassy in Washington DC, and he continues to closely follow US politics and strategic affairs and maintains close relationships there. Dave also served as adviser to the Ambassador for Counter Terrorism and undertook peacekeeping duties with the Peace Monitoring Group in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
Dave holds a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree from the University of Cambridge (with First Class Honours) and a Master’s Degree from Deakin University.

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